Insulator-block cable bracket-hanger.



E. L alfanum. Y INSULTQR SLOCK CABLE BRACKET HANGER.

y APPLmmon FILED uni 4, 1915, 1,2%?,1 1 1 Pa-mma May 22, 191?.

i VUNTD' Epceiicaticu ot "cation, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

In supporting heavily armored ealiiles in electrical construction andinore particularly underground lWork, it usual to proif'ide brackets, cable hangers or supports haring seats upon which the cables are placed. it for any reason there is a breakdown caused by short circuit-or leakage in any ot the cables, the exterior armor either of that Cable or of the others, frequently et lead or the like tliat in the customary construction, is contacted with the metal support, becomes lgrounded or short-circuited and burned faWay.

This invention relates to installation 'for armored or lead covered cables and to an arrangement thereof, whereby7 the cable is mountedL Without particular trouble more than the slipping` of an insulating member into place, the parts being" so disposed that the insulator automatically engages with the bracket or cable hanger under the weight of the cable'and retains its position against vibration or other causes which would dis-- place it.

This insulator also protects the armor oi:s a supported cable AErcan Contact with the bracket or cable support and against all stray currents, auto-electrolysis or galvanic action that might otherwise take place.

In the dra-Wings,

Figure l is a View of a type oi cable hanger or bracket provided. with an insu lating member that embodies features ot the invention, a superposed cable being;- shown in outline;

Fig. 2 is a-view of a inodied form et bracket with a correspondingly niodiied form of the insulator shown in section tcpplcation June d, i325, Seria vTric. 32,4358,

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Letters Eflatented. May 22, 191? gether with cable resting thereon also in section;

a view in detail of the insulator the niodiiied form of bracket, and a View in detail in section of the d forni of insulator for the prerni oi" bracket shown in Fig. l. eierring to the drawings, a cable bracket or support is `formed of a suitably ribbed an@L lian l body or arm l arranged to be se cured any appropriate manner to an upright as ,ndi-cated in Fig. l. As the bracket does not per cc forni a part of the invention, the manner ot securing the same and the general conformation thereof is immaterial, provided the upper face oi' the bracket has the usual seat for a cable. As herein shown in the preferred i'orm of Fig. l, these are broad "if -shaped depressions indicated at 2.

ein insulating` block 3 of suitable material, preferably oi' porcelain or like vitreous substance, has a pair of depending iianges fi on the end faces thereof that are adapted to embrace the upper face or tread of a bracket when the insulating block is placed thereon, the surface ot the insulator between l the flanges being shaped to contorni to the depression or Valley in the bracket. Or, ii the brackets ha vc the rounded depressions indiin llipg. the contour on the under surface ot the insulating block is correspondingly chan ged as indicated in Fig. 3.

.ln either instance, an insulating block is obtained that is readily placed in position without the use of special tools, that maintains its position under the Weight of the applied cables and that eiiiectively prevents any short circuiting because of contact of the outer armor of the cable with the body of the bracket.

Ubviously, changes in the details of construction inay be made Without departing troni the spirit of niy invention and I do not care to ,limit myself to any particular 'form or arrangementoi parte.

lhat i claim is A cable support comprising an arm having the upper edge thereof provided with a, seat portion having separated transverse prevent displacement of said insulator relu- 10 seats, each being V-shaped, an insulator tive to the seat portion of said arm.

adapted for supporting a cable and having In testimony whereof I aix my signature theubottom thereof provided wzlh incine in presence of tivo Witnesses.

wa. s correspon 1n 1n area to e mc me Walls of the seat an adapted to rest thereon, ELLWORTH J' BURDICK said insulator having flangesA on the end p Witnesses:

thereof depending below the seat portion of O'Jrro F. BAMHEL,

said arm and engaging the edges thereof to ANNA M. Donn. 

